Okay everyone, here's the official start of my newest SYOC! I'll only be introducing some of the characters each chapter for the Prologue, since last time, I didn't do too well in properly doing that. Anyways, let's get started!

Prologue 1-1: Happily Ever... Never?

Hanako smiled softly as she arrived at her destination, thanks to the car the school had used to pick her up. She would've used her broom, more fun that way in her opinion, but they already offered and why deny it?

"A little cliché. But it is a rather adorable mansion." She commented to herself as she gazed upon the lone mansion sitting on the hill she was on. Hope's Peak thought it would be good to put the class somewhere off campus so other classes wouldn't interfere or mess up their goal.

"Fashionably late, but that means I don't have to wait to introduce myself to everyone. Let's see who my darling classmates will be." Hanako smiled as she walked up to the mansion and stepped inside, the door closing behind her with a finalizing click.

The inside of the mansion was quite... odd, would be the best word to describe it. The entrance hall was fancy enough, the walls were monochrome, white base with black lines drawn over it in various patterns, offset with a red carpet, and a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. While that was to be expected, the entrance hall also had a number of doorways along the walls as well, but most of them were taped or boarded up, giving the impression that they were under construction. The only doorway that was available to go through was the one directly across from the entrance.

"Not my choice of decor, but very nice." Hanako said as she walked towards the open doorway. She was quite surprised that nobody was there though, not even some kind of chaperone, as fun as they were to mess with and leave behind as they were, it was a bit offsetting. But before she could dwell on that feeling, two voices were heard arguing up ahead.

"Come on, it's been so long since I've encountered someone like me! You have to tell me who reanimated you! I don't remember reanimating you anyways!"

"How many times do I have to say this before you leave me alone? I was born like this."

Well, less of an argument, and more of an extrovert and introvert meeting for the first time. Wording was a bit odd though, reanimation and such, but a very distinct smell reached Hanako's nose as she drew near, completing the puzzle. The Undead couldn't really hide their scent of rotting and decaying flesh very well without help from a proper glamour.

She finally reached the pair of Undead, but they were obviously too engrossed in their conversation to notice her arrival. Oh well, it's would be fun to watch the two's adorable little spat continue as she took in their appearance.

The first one to catch her attention was the girl. She was a tiny little thing, though her tri-colored hair seemed to be trying to make up for that. The mostly pink hair was almost defying gravity with how spiky it was, along with the occasional patches of red or light blue hair amongst the spiked mess. Incredibly skinny too, I mean, she's almost the literal definition of skin and bones, with only what Hanako could assume to be baby fat on the girl's cheeks, the ashen dark brown skin was clinging to her bones. Her black eyes were wide and innocent looking, the color matched with her blackened hands, from her finger tips to the middle of her palms.

Though, Hanako was lucky to even glimpse at the girl's hands with the oversized mess she was wearing. A beige shirt covered her body, obviously around 3 times her size or maybe more, hard to guess since the majority of it was tucked into a pair of, possibly corduroy, cut off shorts, which were held up by a pair of brown and black checkered suspenders, although how good a job they were doing was debatable due to the haphazardness of how they were placed. And over all of that, an orange windbreaker with several pockets on it and a leather crossbody bag, both of which seem to be filled with stuff. On her bare feet were black sandals.

Glancing at the other Undead person, a boy this time, she noticed his appearance was somewhat similar to the girl, causing Hanako to sigh a bit. Maybe they wouldn't mind her using some magic to spruce up their outfits a bit?

Anyways, putting that thought away for later, the boy seemed to be even messier then the girl. His hair was dual colored, mostly a very dark muddy green with brown bangs, kinda similar to a swamp in color. The bangs themselves almost reached his droopy looking eyes, the color somewhat clashing with the purple of the eyes, along with the dark eyebags that were under them. He was pretty much almost as skinny as the girl he was talking with, only difference for that was that he was considerably taller then both the girl and Hanako. Though it was hard to see, Hanako could make out some pale skin on him, that had a bit of a greenish tint to it, along with maybe some mud or mud color patches? It was very hard to tell with how much he covered himself up.

His mouth and nose was covered in an admittedly cute mask with a panda design on it. Besides that, everything else he was wearing was either covered in dirt, blood, or both. His undershirt was grey and tiny little holes in it, revealing little bits of skin to help confirm its proper color. Over that was a open green blazer jacket with black button with a classic zombie design on it, bloody scratch marks, bite marks, mud and moss all over it with the sleeves ripped off halfway. On his arms were dirty bandages wrapped tightly around them, with a white skull beaded braclet on his right wrist and a black one on his left wrist. His hands were covered in blue latex gloves, with two rings over them on his middle fingers, both golden. The right one jade green and the left one a black gem. Around his neck was a loose green and purple striped tie with small holes in it. He was also wearing blue, stained, distressed jeans that had tears on the knees, with more holes along the upper part of the jeans, with a fanny pack around his waist. And a pair of dark purple and brown running shoes to complete the outfit.

"Oh! Hello!" The female Undead said when the two finally noticed Hanako standing there. She quickly went up to the witch, a big grin on her face. "You must be our final classmate, since I haven't seen you before. I'm Gerald, the Ultimate Necromancer!"

Mal 'Gerald' Martin

Ultimate Necromancer

"I'm Hanako Kisaragi, the Ultimate Witch. That's an interesting Talent there, very fitting, all things considered." Hanako said, smiling lightly.

"I know, right? I'm like the perfect kind of person for the Talent!" Gerald giggled. "Oh! You're a Witch? What kind of magic can you do? Wait, you're the Ultimate Witch, so you must know every magic there is, right?"

Hanako chuckled lightly. "Sweet little thing, aren't you? But yes, I do know a lot of spells and magics, but not everything. At least, not yet." She said before she looked over at the Undead boy that was trying his best to blend in with the wall, despite the clashing colors of his clothes and the wall.

"..." The boy sighed when he saw he couldn't get out of the conversation. "Guess you want me to introduce myself now. Noburo Ieguchi, Ultimate Thanatologist."

Noburo Ieguchi

Ultimate Thanatologist

"Are you done talking to me now?" Noburo asked, looking two steps away from leaving.

"But I still have so many questions for you!" Gerald happily whined as she stared up at Noburo, if that was possible.

"You want to leave the company to two cute girls, Nooby~?" Hanako teased lightly with a smirk.

"... It's Noburo." Noburo said, somewhat deadpanned. "And I don't care, I just want to be alone." He said before he finally decided to go ahead and walk away.

"Wait! But my questions!" Gerald said as she chased after the boy.

"Those two are going to be fun." Hanako said to herself as she resumed walking. "I hope my other classmates are just as fun."

The hallways had a similar color and design scheme as the entrance hall, if only broken by the occasional painting, pieces of furniture, and mostly locked doors. Mostly, since down the hall, Hanako could see a door that was left open carelessly, and went up to it.

Stepping through the door, she saw that she had entered a study of sorts, with a desk and chair set in front of a large window looking out towards the back of the mansion, the window itself was framed with thorned vines, oddly enough. And to the side was a wall of shelves filled with books and various nick nacks, with someone in front of the shelf, holding a book.

The person was a boy who looked as old as she was, with disheveled blond hair, kinda like he didn't care how it looked, with violet eyes. His pale skin really stood out with the outfit that covered his tall, slender frame. A purple hoodie under an open denim jacket with a pair of black pants and black boots. It felt a little underwhelming with how little care and detail was in the other's appearance, but that was probably because she had first encountered those two fun Undead, anything following them would probably feel like that.

"Oh, and here I thought I already met everyone." The boy said as he casually dropped the book to the ground and walked up to Hanako.

"I just arrived. I'm Hanako Kisaragi."

"I would ask what Talent you have, but I won't since I don't really care and it's pretty obvious. Astor Angelopoulos, Astronomer."

Astor Angelopoulos

Ultimate Astronomer

"You don't look like a typical astronomer, but I guess not everyone can look like what their talent is." Hanako shrugged.

"I live for me, and only me. I don't see a reason to dress up." Astor said. "Well, unless I feel like it."

"That's the only reason?" Hanako asked.

"Yeah, why? What other reason could I have? I don't bother with other people think anyways, like some people." Astor said, causing Hanako's eyebrow to twitch at the subtle jab.

Before she could form a retort, the sound of running was heard outside the room. They looked out the door to see Gerald still chasing after Noburo.

"I told you to leave me alone!"

"No! I want to know what makes you tick! Let me find out!"

"Just drop it!" Noburo shouted before he seemed to trip over nothing.

"Yatta!" Gerald yelled happily as she dived at Noburo, causing a tussle between the two. Hanako couldn't help but giggle at the sight before she noticed something, a shadow of a walking cane was sticking out on the floor where the two were running. She followed the shadow to the actual cane and to the person holding it.

The person turned out to be a girl who was about as tall as Hanako herself was. She had long, wavy black hair, it wasn't done up or anything, leaving it at her lower back, though she did have a wide light blue cloth headband in it. She had mischievous, almond shaped, purple eyes, and caramel colored skin. On her ears were small gold hoop earrings, and around her neck was a gold chain necklace with a crystal heart charm on it. She was wearing a white off the shoulder blouse with a pink corset, gold braclets traveling down her arms, along with a short black skirt and black boots, leaving her knees exposed. The cane she was holding turned out to be a black cane with a red diamond handle, well she guessed, since the handle was in the girl's hand at the moment.

"Yeah, you're our second magic user in our group." Astor said from beside Hanako.

"Appears so, but her magic must be limited to a certain category. Wouldn't make much sense any other way, would it?" Hanako said, to which Astor just shrugged, causing her to sigh. "Well, I should go meet the competition, I suppose. Hopefully she'll be fun to play with." She walked up to the other magic user, gaining her attention.

"You must be my last classmate. Hmph, better late then never I suppose. Anyways, allow me to introduce myself! I am Yvette Dorval, the Ultimate Caplata!"

Yvette Dorval

Ultimate Caplata

The introduction was enhanced more as she spread her arms out, tarot cards floating from one hand to the other in an arc. "No need to comment, you're impressed, I know." Yvette said cockily.

"Oh yes, very cute." Hanako said, giggling lightly.

"Cute?! I'm the most powerful sorceress to ever live!" Yvette scowled, her hands clenching into fists.

"Well, in your field, I will admit. But compared to me, not quite sweetheart. Hanako Kisaragi, Ultimate Witch." Hanako smirked, showing off her own magic power by lighting a fire on her fingertips and let it dance around her body, eventually coming back to her hand where she snuffed it out.

Yvette flinched lightly at the display. "Ultimate Witch, huh? Most of your power must be used to keep up a glamour then so you can be around decent company."

"That's only when a witch drains her magic to the point it starts affecting her body. And as you can tell from my flawless features and the magic you can no doubt feel, I run no risk of doing that for a long time, sweetie~" Hanako said, crossing an arm over her chest and resting her hand on her cheek.

Yvette's eyebrow twitched. "Tch, whatever, I doubt you have much control of all that magic anyways."

Before Hanako could refute and rile Yvette further, Gerald suddenly appeared at Hanako's side. "I forgot, I want to show you some of the cool people here that I've met!"

"Oh? But what about playing with Nooby-Boy over there?" Hanako asked.

"It's Noburo!" Noburo cut in, finally getting himself off the ground. "And that wasn't playing, she assaulted me. I should've just locked myself in my dorm room when I had the chance." The zombie boy grumbled as he stalked away.

Gerald pouted. "Party pooper, but anyways, let me show you them!"

"Alright, lead the way." Hanako said.

"Eh, I got nothing better to do. And how you interact with the others may be interesting." Astor said.

"Sure, the more the merrier, let's go!" Gerald said merrily as she lead the two down the hallway, further into the mansion they were staying in.

And here we are, my first official chapter! And the introduction of four awesome characters! Hopefully I did them justice. Who do you all like the most so far? I'm planning on introducing at least four or five more characters next chapter so look forward to that. See y'all next time!